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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 930 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0576\">576<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0024\">24<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86486,"section_number":"57-49","catch_line":"Registration of charitable organizations; prohibition against support of terrorists","order_by":null,"url":"\/57-49\/"},{"id":87040,"section_number":"57-61","catch_line":"Registration of professional fund-raising counsels and solicitors","order_by":null,"url":"\/57-61\/"}],"permalink":{"id":251887,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87184,"identifier":"57-55.3","token":"57\/5\/57-55.3","url":"\/57-55.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/57-55.3\/","token":"57\/5\/57-55.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure regarding financial statement required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 57-55.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">charitable organization<\/span> required to be registered pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Registration of charitable organizations; prohibition against support of terrorists\" href=\"\/57-49\/\">57-49<\/a> and every <span class=\"dictionary\">professional solicitor<\/span> required to be registered pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Registration of professional fund-raising counsels and solicitors\" href=\"\/57-61\/\">57-61<\/a> soliciting <span class=\"dictionary\">contributions<\/span> from prospective contributors shall disclose to the potential donor contemporaneously at the point of a written request or on a written receipt for donations made in response to an oral request that a financial statement is available from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services upon request.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURE REGARDING FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED (\u00a7 57-55.3)\n\nEvery charitable organization required to be registered pursuant to \u00a7 57-49 and\nevery professional solicitor required to be registered pursuant to \u00a7 57-61\nsoliciting contributions from prospective contributors shall disclose to the\npotential donor contemporaneously at the point of a written request or on a\nwritten receipt for donations made in response to an oral request that a\nfinancial statement is available from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer\nServices upon request.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 930; 2003, c. 576; 2013, c. 24.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}